Cuccio also set himself apart from the competition, which largely stayed domestic, by traveling to 90 countries starting in 1984—and financing his distributors himself.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 Dec. 2025
At this stage of his life, de La Cruz said, the burden of running and financing the museum was simply too much to carry on by himself.
Taite has been personally underwriting much of the effort.
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Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Nov. 2025
All of this revenue and all of the money that's washing around to this system is tax sheltered and tax advantaged, which means that on a certain level, taxpayers are underwriting this across the board.
If one generation is funding the trip, clarity prevents awkwardness later.
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Taylor Haught,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Dec. 2025
Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, in a previously undisclosed mission that signals a new expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.
Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, has denied several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The famous star of stage and screen was an outspoken opponent of fascism before World War II, devoting his time and money to relief groups aiding victims of Nazi Germany.
The impromptu choir, alongside dozens of others in the audience, was advocating for cuts to the Sacramento Police Department in favor of funding youth violence intervention, a community ambassador program, homelessness services and fee waivers for underserved residents.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The irony is that many law enforcement professionals have spent years advocating for exactly the kinds of partnerships now at risk.
Those connections helped win him backing from major unions, but still couldn’t rival Becerra’s extensive resume serving in Congress, attorney general and in former President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
One of the people blaming China is billionaire investor Kevin O’Leary, who is backing a $100 billion data center project in Utah.
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